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Original Article
Open Access
Assessment of Population Element and Land Use Pattern in Kachchh District, Gujarat
Kalpana Satija, Hitesh Sorathia
· pp. 4–20
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2013/v2i4/36075
The present paper makes an effort to study the trend in population growth and the land use pattern across the talukas of the Kachchh region in the state of Gujarat. The paper observed a stable growth in the population during …
Keywords:
Population Growth, Land Use Pattern, Demography, Economic Development
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Original Article
Open Access
Extraction and Characterization of Price Cycles in the Indian Commodity Market
Prabhati Kumari Misra, Kishor Goswami
· pp. 21–32
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2013/v2i4/36076
Characterization of classical and deviation cycles in commodity prices is significant for people involved in the commodity market trade. This paper borrows techniques employed in business cycle literature to extract both classical and deviation cycles present in prices of four …
Keywords:
Commodity Market, Classical Cycles, Deviation Cycles, Filtering Techniques, Bry-Boschan Procedure, Duration Dependence
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Original Article
Open Access
Diesel Subsidy: A Tricky Game for the Government in Coalition Politics
Shreya Biswas
· pp. 33–43
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2013/v2i4/36077
Subsidy is one of the most tricky problems that any policy maker faces, especially in a democratic welfare state where no single party has absolute majority. However, at the same time, they cause some major distortions that may not be …
Keywords:
Subsidies, Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition
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Original Article
Open Access
Discrimination against Women in a Matrilineal Society: A Reality in the Khasi Tribe of Meghalaya
Madhuchhanda Das Gupta, Haimanti Choudhury, Mayashree B. Das
· pp. 44–51
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2013/v2i4/36078
The North eastern region of India is diverse in many ways - economically, socially, culturally, and religion wise. In this region, both patrilineal and matrilineal social structures exist side by side. The Khasi tribe of Meghalaya follows the matrilineal system, …
Keywords:
Matrilineal, Khasi Society, Health, Inheritance, Decision Making